Taraba Records 115 Road Crashes Between January and October – FRSC Sector Commander

By Andrew Ojih,  Jalingo. 

The Taraba state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps,  Mrs Anna Attah on Thursday said the  state has recorded over one hundred and fifteen road crashes from January, 2026 to October, 2026.

Attah, who stated this during the 2026 World day of remembrance for road traffic victims hinted  that the crashes were shattered and thrown communities into grief.

She stressed that globally, over 50 million people have lost their lives in road traffic crashes since the first recorded road death, with hundreds of millions sustaining injuries.

“This remains a major public health and development challenge, particularly for children and young people.

It is against this background that the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 seeks to achieve a 50 percent reduction in road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030.

Permit me to highlight Nigeria’s road traffic crash statistics, which underscore the urgency of our collective responsibility:

 In 2023, Nigeria recorded 10,617 crashes, resulting in 5,081 deaths and 31,874 injuries, in  2024, crashes reduced to 9,570, representing a 10 per cent decline, but fatalities increased by 7 percent to 5,421, while 31,154 persons sustained injuries.

2025, 10.446 crashes were recorded, claiming 5,289 lives and injuring 33,400 persons, between January and September 2026, 7.156 crashes were recorded. resulting in 3.445 deaths and 22,292 injuries recorded, claiming 72 lives and injuring 374 persons” She said. 

She noted that excessive speed and dangerous these figures represent more than statistics, noting that they are human lives lost.

He added that families driving behaviors remained one of the major contributor to road traffic crashes in Nigeria. 

“Every reckless decision on the road has the potential to extinguish a life and leave behind a family in perpetual sorrow.

We must therefore recognize road safety as both a collective responsibility and a moral obligation.

Road traffic crashes do not happen by accident alone. Many are linked to human errors and deliberate violations of traffic regulations, excessive speeding, dangerous overtaking, distracted driving, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, overloading, fatique, poor vehicle maintenance and disregard for traffic signs and signals” She explained.